Entry № 1297 · English origin

Baxter Baxter — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAK-ster /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Baker (Ron Burgundy's dog Baxter + modern unisex)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "baker (ron burgundy's dog baxter + modern unisex)".

Baxter is from the Old English bæcestre (female baker) — the feminine occupational suffix -ster later applied to both genders. Baxter International — major American healthcare company.

Baker (Ron Burgundy's dog Baxter + modern unisex) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Baxter
Transliteration
Baxter
Pronunciation
/ ˈbæk.stər /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Baxter stands.

Baxter does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Baxters before her.

Real people
Anne Baxter
American Oscar actress.
1923 – 1985
Stanley Baxter
Scottish comedian.
born 1926
In fiction
Baxter the dog
Anchorman franchise.
2004

Names connected to Baxter.

The number behind Baxter.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Baxter reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.